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F. M. MAHAN. VEHICLE, SEAT SHADE.

Patented July 12 J44, vex Liar.

' UNITED STATES PATENT Orricn.

FRANK M. MAHAN, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.

VEHICLE-SEAT SHADE.-

SPEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,137, dated July 12,1881.

Application filed April 23, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK M. MAHAN, residing in the city of St. Joseph,in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Seat Sun-Shades, fully describedand represented in the following specification and the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in vehicle-seat sun-shades and itconsists in certain improved devices for raising and lowering the awningusually secured to bent bows over the vehicle-seat, and in improvedmeans for securing the principal bow to the adjusting-arch, andproviding the said arches with hinged feet, whereby they may be securedto the ends of various seats with greater facility.

My invention is illustrated in the annexed drawings, wherein Figure 1 isa side view of my improved sun-shade applied to a wagonseat, the samebeing a section on line as a: in Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a front View of theleft side of the sun-shade and wagon-seat, taken in section on line y yin Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of an entire sun-shade andwagonseat.

The construction consists of two metallic arches secured to the ends ofthe wagon-seat by hinged feet, and sustaining the legs of a principalbow, upon which are mounted two metallic slides or blocks adapted tosupport the legs of two side bows, which are jointed to the principalhow by braces hinged to both.

A is the principal bow; B, the slide, fitted to move freely on the legsof the bow A and secured in any position by a set-screw, h, or otherclamping device; 0 O, the side bows, pivoted to ears formed upon theslide B, and provided, like the ribs of an umbrella, with braces D D,which are jointed to the side bows between their tops and lower ends,and to the principal bow at a point somewhat nearer the top of the bow,so that when the slide is moved downward the bows O C may be drawninward, as the ribs of an umbrella are moved inward, by pulling down therunner to which the braces are jointed.

E E are intermediate bows, which may be sired, to addfirmness to thecovering F,which (No model.)

By this construction the whole top is controlled by the position of theslide B upon the bow A, and the various bows with their cover are drawninto a compact form when the slide is lowered by the action of thebraces D upon the bows jointed to them.

To adjust the sun-shade at different angles upon the seat, arches a. aresecured to the ends of the seat G by feet d d, and the bows O G arepivoted to the centers of the arches by means of a bolt inserted in across-bar, 1), formed in the arch for that purpose. The arches are alsoformed with a curved slot, a, into which a screw, to, is fitted, thescrew also passing through the bow A or its clip, and being providedwith a head upon one side and a thumbnm or similar means of clampingupon the other.

The bows may be tipped backward or forward at any desired angle, andsecured firmly in position by the screws on, which are preferably passedthrough clips f secured to the feet of the bow A, and by which it isjointed to the cross-bar b.

To accommodate the feet d cl to the ends of various seats which are madeat different angles from the vertical feet of the bow A, I form hinges ec at each end of the arch a, and joint the feet to the hinges, so thatthey may assume any required angle with the arch.

I am aware that a top-supporting rail for carriages has been made with.hinged feet, and I do not therefore claim such feet, broadly, the samebeing shown in Patent No. 214,884, of 1879; but I consider that thecombination is entirely new of the arch a and cross-bar b with the lugs,whereby feet may be hinged to them at any desired angle.

Having thus shown the advantages of my invention, I claim the same asfollows:

1. In avehicle-seat sun-shade, the combination, with a principal bow, oftwo side bows and a slide or runner fitted to the main bow, and providedwith joints or lugs for the feet of the side bows and with means forsecuring it upon the principal bow, as herein described.

2. In combination with the bow A, runner B, and side bows, O O, thebraces D D, pivoted to the side bows and center bow and operat ing toclose the side bows when the runner is lowered, in the manner shown anddescribed.

3. The combination of the bow A with the slotted arch a, having thecross-bar I), provided with lugs for hinges e, and having feet (1 dpivoted t0 the hinging lugs substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set'my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FRANK M. MAHAN;

Witnesses:

I THOS. S. CRANE,

WM. DIETZ.

